Location: London or Manchester
Full time / Part Time
Graduate/Sustainability Consultant (Certifications)
We invite you to bring your passion for sustainability in the built environment into play as you encourage and empower project teams to provide built environment solutions to answer current global changes relating to the climate emergency. To succeed in this role, you must have a holistic understanding of sustainability in the built environment and either experience or desire to work on certifications, such as BREEAM and WELL. Are you our new Consultant? Click the apply-button to send your application.
You will join our Sustainable Solutions department
As our new Consultant, you will be part of a growing 23-strong, UK-wide Sustainability Team who have a broad inspirational coverage of the Sustainability discipline. We have all embraced the digital opportunities and flexible working Ramboll offers through these challenging times and despite distances have formed a close knit, strong and supportive team. The position is flexible in terms of location within the UK offices, but you will work with the local MEP and Sustainability teams as well as provide support for all UK offices. Ramboll firmly believe in digitisation of tasks to enhance our offering to clients and recognise and celebrate those who help to take us on that journey.
Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:
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Supporting senior members of the team by reviewing BREEAM evidence to complete BREEAM UK New Construction 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2018 assessments, Refurbishment and Fit-Out 2014 assessments and Datacentres 2010 assessments on a range of shell and core and fully fitted buildings.
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Organising and chairing BREEAM workshops and strategy meetings with the design team.
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Completing BREEAM Site Inspections (where required).
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Producing BREEAM reports, such as pre-assessments with excellent visual and grammatical quality.
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Coordinating with design teams (both in house and external) to meet conflicting deadlines.
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Completing Local Planning Authority policy searches to determine the works required when submitting planning applications.
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Preparing multi-disciplinary sustainability statements which are reviewed by senior members of staff to accompany planning applications.
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Working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
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Working within the agreed timelines and budget on tasks.
Your key deliverables over the first 9-12 months for this role will be:
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Completing evidence reviews for BREEAM Assessments.
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Completing up to date BREEAM assessment programmes and trackers.
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Completing BREEAM Site Inspection Reports (where feasible).
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Completing Sustainability Statements to accompany planning applications.
Your starting point for constant growth
From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:
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Experience of Environmental assessments such as BREEAM, WELL or LEED.
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Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject.
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Awareness of broad sustainability issues (e.g. passive design, health & wellbeing, post occupancy evaluation, low impact materials, water, waste, environmental economics etc.).
Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:
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Given the collaborative nature of this role, excellent communication skills and experience of using your initiative to overcome challenges are essential.
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The need to lead BREEAM workshops and meetings means you should be a confident communicator with superior stakeholder management skills.
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As the role will be heavily focussed on delivering BREEAM assessments, candidates should thrive working independently and be expected to pay close attention to detail when reviewing evidence.
Welcome to our Buildings division
As one of the top 10 building designers in the world, Ramboll works on more than 10,000 building projects each year. 5,000 experts across the world specialise in creating more innovative, sustainable and liveable buildings. We place particular emphasis on our liveable buildings concept where we balance the cultural, social and physical values of buildings, to improve the quality of life for building users.
Ramboll in the United Kingdom
Ramboll is ranked a Top 10 consultant in the UK and has 1,500 bright minds working across 17 offices to apply their passion to deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health and Energy. We love seeing our talents develop and succeed and you will have opportunities to work on challenging and inspiring projects within an environment that is friendly, open and supportive.
Ramboll offers the opportunity to be part of a dynamic organisation in the rapidly growing Engineering and Consultancy sector in the UK. We offer a competitive salary, alongside 27 days holiday per year, private medical insurance, and flexible working.
An equal opportunity employer
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment, where everyone is able to flourish and reach their potential.
We invite applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please reach out to our recruitment team to discuss any adjustments that you might require during the application process.
We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when and how much you work. When you join Ramboll, you’ll have the freedom to work your hours flexibly and our positive approach
How to apply
Apply online. Attach your CV, cover letter and relevant documents showcasing why you are the right fit for the role, and when you are available to start.
Deadline: 1/05/203